Sandy Schaefer
Expertise
Star Wars, Animation, Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Sandy has seen the Ewok movies multiple times and can tell you why they're good, actually.
- Sandy keeps replicas of Gonzo the Great and the Crystal of Truth on their work desk.
- One time they passed by George R.R. Martin in a hallway (he was short).
Experience
Sandy has worked as a professional writer and editor since the late 2000s. They got their start writing about film history for Examiner before becoming a staff writer and, eventually, an editor at Screen Rant in 2010. Sandy has also written about comic books, films, and television at Comic Book Resources. They joined /Film in 2021.
Education
Sandy holds a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Utah. They also studied film and media while writing for the Arts and Entertainment section of The Daily Utah Chronicle.
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Stories By Sandy Schaefer
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Wicked might be pop-u-lar on Broadway, but can it succeed at the box office as a two-part movie musical?
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Tornado season is back in the Super Bowl trailer for director Lee Isaac Chung's standalone Twister sequel Twisters.
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The final season of Bones was full of emotional moments for Emily Deschanel, though none more so than her farewell to the 'squinterns.'
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The Bones writers decided it was best to give Sweets a definitive ending when John Francis Daley's directing career took off.
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Lando's cyborg associate Lobot (John Hollis) was originally meant to be much chattier in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
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Ryan Gosling's bleach blonde look as Ken in Greta Gerwig's Barbie was inspired by ... Single White Female?
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Filmmaker Jeff Wadlow and Blumhouse reunite to put a scary spin on imaginary friends in the latest trailer for their horror movie Imaginary.
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Jennifer's Body and Lisa Frankenstein writer Diablo Cody has made it official: the two high school horror-comedies take place in the same universe.
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Vincent D'Onofrio had a tricky task, having to capture not only Wilson Fisk's daunting stature but also his vulnerable personality in Marvel's Daredevil series.
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While death was a big part of Bones, it was the deaths of two longtime recurring characters on the show that hit David Boreanaz the hardest.
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David Boreanaz immediately recognized the parallels between Booth on Bones and Robert Zemeckis' hit rom-com adventure Romancing the Stones.
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The Escape Plan franchise finally brought Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone together onscreen. Here's how to watch these action films in order.
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Netflix subscribers are rediscovering Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos' delightfully dark 2018 period comedy The Favourite.
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is arriving just in time to mark the franchise's 40th anniversary. Here's everything we know about the film so far.
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Before writing the Bones episode 'The Truth in the Myth,' Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley wanted to make an animated movie about mythical creatures.
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Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni and cinematographer Quyen Tran looked to Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha for inspiration in one of the show's more fantastical episodes.
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Jay and Silent Bob both have and haven't changed much over the decades, much like Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse at large. Here are their movies in order.
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What does fate have in store for Clone Force 99? Here's what we know about Star Wars: The Bad Batch's third and final season so far.
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Dev Patel directs and stars in Monkey Man, an original action movie that evokes John Wick in the very best way. Watch the trailer here.
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David Boreanaz got to do a whole lot with Booth over 12 seasons of Bones. He does, however, regret not diving a little deeper into his dark backstory.
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Netflix is teaming up with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon on Animals, an original crime thriller that Affleck will direct with Damon starring.
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Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie have found their way into Netflix's top 10 movies thanks to their 2016 vehicle The Legend of Tarzan.
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Barbie filmmaker Greta Gerwig, who was responsible for one half of 'Barbenheimer,' more than earned a spot in the Best Director Oscar conversation.
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Mark Ruffalo's lack of self-confidence just proves he was perfect for the role of Duncan Wedderburn in Poor Things.
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If Reacher star Alan Ritchson gets his way, he may end up giving Tom Cruise a run for his money in the stunts department.
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Edmond O'Brien was originally cast as the sympathetic Lt. Fuller in Black Christmas before John Saxon replaced him due to the actor's poor health.
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Original Jetsons leads Pat Carroll and Morey Amsterdam didn't take kindly to being abruptly booted from the show and filed a lawsuit against Hanna-Barbera.